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Today in Black America - December 14

POSTED: December 14, 2016, 8:00 am

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Today in Black History: Motown Record Company is founded in 1959 in Detroit, Michigan, spawning a new genre of American music.

The New York Times

National


Editorial: Donald Trump’s Nominees Are In for a Rough Ride

Editorial: Will Rick Perry Be the Energy Department’s Undoing?

How Moscow Aimed a Perfect Weapon at the U.S. Election


Democratic House Candidates Were Also Targets

Stein Ends Recount Bid, but Says It Revealed Flaws in Voting System

Secretary of State Nominee Is a Flexible Pragmatist

How Tillerson Put Exxon’s Needs Over U.S. Interests


A Top Defender, Sidelined by the Accused in the Charleston Church Massacre

Judge May Make Public Some Documents Related to Inquiry on Clinton Emails


Christians in U.S. Are Less Educated Than Religious Minorities, Report Says

In Arizona County Where Latinos Have an Edge, So Did Trump


Local


With Second Ave. Subway, Cuomo Has Hands-On Role and Eye on the Future

After Many Missed Deadlines, New Jersey Megamall Is Again Taking Shape


State Orders Monitor for New York City’s Child Welfare Agency

New York Changes the Way It Keeps Tabs on School Violence



The Christian Science Monitor


Pastors tell Muslims: We will 'stand with you'

DOE refuses to give names of climate scientists to Trump (+video)

The peril and promise of Trump's approach to saving jobs

With Tillerson pick, Trump aims to revolutionize diplomacy



Philly.com


City goes hi-tech with aerial lasers to track abandoned properties

Here's why the Daily News has endorsed so many corrupt politicians


Fattah codefendants Nicholas, Brand sentenced to prison terms


Could 'sanctuary campuses' lose state funding?

Pension costs to climb higher than expected for school districts



The Star-Ledger


Christie pushing bill to pull legal ads from newspapers


Christie's revenge: Kill the Press | Editorial

Gang's 'five-star general' pleads guilty to murder conspiracy

Menendez asks U.S. Supreme Court to take up bribery case


Hudson County's new $160 million high school will be 'one of a kind'


The Detroit Free Press

Marine Corps: 3 Marines face courts-martial in hazing probe

Detroit's $185M streetlighting overhaul nears finish


Senate passes bill taking aim at school zero tolerance policies

Number of broke school districts declines significantly in Michigan

New guilty plea by supplier in Detroit school fraud scandal


The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Cleveland police's proposed crisis intervention policies vetted by residents at public meetings

Cuyahoga County prosecutors move to vacate 40 cases brought by crooked East Cleveland cops

East Cleveland seeks city council candidates after mayoral recall


Graduation controversy has no resolution from state school board until more study done

Ohio EPA awards grants to three environmental education programs in NE Ohio

Q deal could face Cleveland City Council opposition, if Browns' stadium is predictive



The Chicago Tribune

Another questionable arrest by corrupt Chicago cop could be thrown out


Emanuel's police hiring plan at odds with his record; CPD ranks shrank by hundreds during his tenure

6 wounded in city shootings, including 4 in separate attacks in Austin

Falsifying student records still a problem at CPS, inspector general finds


Flavored tobacco rollback, police shooting settlements on City Council agenda today



The Washington Post


Trump recruits army of business titans to do battle in Washington

Trump’s national security adviser shared secrets without permission, files show

Trump displays unorthodox style in how he made State Department pick


Ohio governor vetoes ‘heartbeat bill’ but signs another abortion restriction into law

EPA changes its stand on fracking, says it can harm drinking water in ‘some circumstances’


The reason America’s schools are so segregated — and the only way to fix it


Head Start is underfunded and unequal, according to a new study

The case for abolishing class rank

Poll: Ed Gillespie leads GOP field running for Virginia governor

E.R. Braithwaite, author of ‘To Sir, With Love,’ dies at 104


A non-partisan way forward on D.C. voting rights



The Los Angeles Times


City and county officials OK negotiations for a new $1.3 billion Raiders stadium

Federal government again rejects California's plan to try out new science tests

Compton hopes its many celebrities can help reshape its image — and its economic fortunes


USA Today


What voters agreed on: Government #fail

Emmett Till bill could pave way for reopening more civil rights cold cases







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